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A history of internet shutdowns in Africa and their impact on human rights
Africa is using WhatsApp ‘mods’ with extra features we all want
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Research: Early humans in Africa may have interbred with an unknown species
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Research: DNA pinpoints region in northern Botswana as humanity's birthplace
Where was the evolutionary birthplace of modern humans? The East African Great Rift Valley has long been the favored contender ...
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The climate crisis threatens gender equality in Africa
People who directly depend on the natural world for their livelihoods, like farmers and fishers, will be among the greatest ...
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How smartphones get African millennials addicted to sports betting
When one talks about young Africans using smartphones, the dominant narrative is that these gadgets serve mostly as platforms ...
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Why mobile access won't mend our 'digital divide' without fixed-line broadband
Mobile services have had an important and positive impact on developing countries where they are the main means of connecting ...
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Data: The UN has overlooked millions of malnourished children in Africa
Four years ago the United Nations (UN) member states created a list of international development targets, known as the Sustainable ...
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Israeli startup combats tuberculosis with text reminders
Tuberculosis (TB) is curable and preventable. However, TB kills 1.6 million people a year (or 4,000 people a day) and is one of the top ten causes of death worldwide, according to the World Health Organization. The stigma and adhering to a treatment regime are key reasons ...
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How affordable agricultural technology is solving food insecurity in Nigeria
The global population is predicted to grow by 2 billion by 2050 and with more than half of that growth coming from Sub-Saharan ...
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Johannesburg's power supplier gets the better of ransomware attackers
A ransomware infection at City Power, one of South Africa's electricity providers, left some city residents of Johannesburg ...
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This 'factory of factories' helps hardware start-ups solve real problems in Kenya
[NAIROBI] Esther Mwangi, a 2014 graduate of economics from Kenyatta University in Kenya who wanted to venture into ...
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Facebook, Twitter and major social media sites blocked amid Liberian anti-corruption protest
Telecommunications companies and Internet Service Providers (ISPs) in Liberia have restricted Internet access in the country ...
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This AI tool is translating 2,000 African languages in a bid to boost local economies
A digital platform called OBTranslate that aims to translate more than 2,000 African languages to enable rural dwellers ...
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Fake Facebook accounts are influencing African elections
Facebook has issued a statement on how it removed fake accounts originating from Israel that ran Facebook Pages, Groups ...
